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      Leaving Aberdeenshire in Scotland, George McGillivray landed at Quebec in 1833 and hadn't intended to settle at Whitby Township. While in Vermont, McGillivray received a letter from William Dow encouraging him to purchase land in Whitby Township. After having spent time at Glen Dhu, the Dow family homestead in Whitby …

      Catherine P. Blair was born at Guildhall, Vermont, U.S.A. in 1804, daughter of James and Anna Blair. She was married to Anson M. Eggleston, and died at Whitby, Ontario, Canada, on November 25, 1873.

      Frances de Saullus Reynolds was born at Whitby, Canada West in 1857. She was a daughter of Nelson Gilbert Reynolds and his wife Frances Eliza Armstrong. A marriage notice in the Whitby Chronicle on May 18, 1876 reads: "The marriage of Miss Frances Reynolds, second daughter of Mr. Sheriff Reynolds, …

      Margaret Prentice was born at Crawford-John, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1812. She married William Gladstone Sinclair at Wandell & Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 28 December 1832. The couple settled in Whitby Township in 1833 and from 1861 onwards they lived at Glenrath Farm on lot 18, Broken Front Concession. Margaret died …

      Janet Sinclair was born at Glenrath farm in Whitby Township in 1842, the daughter of Margaret and William Sinclair. She married James Young and in 1886 she moved to Clinton, Ontario where she died on 29 November 1916. She is buried in Clinton Cemetery.

 William Notman, Canadian Illustrated News, 1872     The Merryweather Steam Fire Engine, manufactured in England, served the Town of Whitby from November 1872 to 1926 when it was replaced by two motorized fire trucks. The engine saved downtown Oshawa from destruction by fire on the night of December 8, 1872. In 1934 the Town of Whitby gave …